9.6% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woree · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Woree
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Woree spend their spare time on unpaid work or volunteering compared to most other areas. Only 9.6% of residents volunteer, a figure that has fallen since 2011. This suggests a community where residents are less likely to engage in formal unpaid roles than the average Australian.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas. At 9.6%, Woree is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%, and this rate has dropped by 4.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 21.7% of people caring for children and 15.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well below the national average. However, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care rose slightly to 9.8% since 2011.
9.8% ▲ +17.3%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.7% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.5% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most other areas. At 3.4%, this is about the same as the Queensland figure of 3.9% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.4%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Woree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306021157/woree/topic/community